Talk:Mutagenesis
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I would consider mutagenesis to be a special case of mutation --buzco
The statement that mutagenesis is "the driving force of evolution." is a bit strong. IMHO, "is considered to be the driving ..." or even "is considered to be a driving ...". Consider genetic drift for instance. Also there are some (probably all or mostly all outside the citadel of Established Science) that are not at all sure that "evolution of species" is entirely mechanical or randomly driven.
BTW, the phrase evolution of species is more correct than the simple word evolution. Evolution of species is a special case. -- buzco
I disagree that this article should be merged into Mutation. Mutagenesis should be considered as the methods in which to obtain specific mutations used in protein engineering. There are numerous different methods used in modern industry which would make up a lot of material for an article on its own. I'll start it up after I've worked out a system on the Swedish article on the same theme, but if someone want to start the article out, I'd be happy. Axelve 18:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
I believe the two are seperate terms and each is deserving of its own article as each has differing relevances, though related, they're difference things, intrinsically. So, I agree with Axelve
--lincalinca 09:09, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it is probably worth giving mutagenesis its own page to cover the subtopic of how mutations arise, distinct from the mutation page which is mostly spent classifying mutation types.
I took the word "heritable" out of the definition since not all mutations are heritable e.g. cancer can be caused by somatic mutagenesis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.171.7.39 (talk) 13:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
